Neighbors Weeding Out Plans For Pond

August 14, 1995|By Martha Russis.

Schaumburg — Homeowners near Terada Park are searching for their own solution to prevent the area's pond from being planted with wetland and prairie grasses.

Longtime resident Ron Hawley, leader of the group Save Our Park, told the park district last week that the 50 to 60 affected homeowners remain opposed to the proposal for plants near the shoreline to slow the erosion problem.

"What we perceive to be the beauty of our neighborhood park and its pond would be gone. In its place would be tall weeds. With these plantings, we will never see the child that wanders into trouble or falls in and gets stuck in the mud," he said.

Hawley also listed other problems such as the breeding ground he said the marshy area at Schaumburg Road and Salem Drive would create for mosquitoes and wild animals as well as property value reductions.

"I've been there 12 years and some of the residents have been there 20 years and we want to keep it the way it is," said Cecilia Klinowski, whose yard backs up to the park.

As an alternative, the group presented its own engineer who urged commissioners to look at a vinyl product manufactured by an Atlanta company that could be sunk into the peat banks.

Commissioners said they would revisit the proposal next month and asked to see examples of comparable projects done with the same material around the Chicago area.

If the park district decided to install the material made by the Shore Guard company, commissioner William Tucknott noted that the project would have to be bid out competitively.